ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

At the end of this month, Fri 25 - Sun 27, I'll be heading back to NYC to interview bloggers for The Indie Film Bloggers doc. Any NYC based indie film bloggers (also indie filmmakers who might want to share their opinions re: blogs, also others who are deeply interested in indie film & indie film blogs) who are interested in participating in the doc can contact me to discuss the possibilities. More on upcoming IFB shoots, completion plans, here . - Sujewa

Need some more blogs to read? Then check out The Top 100 Liberal Arts Professor Blogs . "Our own" (meaning, from the indie film related blog world) Chuck Tryon is on the list; congrats Chuck. - Sujewa

Check it out at The Obenson Report , funny. - Sujewa

Check it out here. From the article : "But the festival's breaking news comes courtesy of its premieres of new efforts, such as Mr. Spooner's feature "White Lies, Black Sheep" and Jennifer Sharp's "I'm Through With White Girls." Both films, as per the impetus of the festival itself, center around characters who don't fit convenient notions of how someone is supposed to be "black." In "White Lies," a 20-something club promoter named A.J. (Ayinde Howell) comes to terms with his heritage while feeling increasingly alienated within a mostly white circle of friends on the Williamsburg nightlife circuit. His processed hair and tight-fitting jeans earn him jeers when he visits his father in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and his white buddies chastise him for only pursuing the affections of white women." More at New York Sun . And here's BAM's page for the fest , happening now & through this weekend. - Sujewa

At indieWIRE , check it out. From the article (by Anthony Kaufman, about the Sundance '08 fave Ballast by Lance Hammer): ""It may be a total financial failure," Hammer admitted. "But if I were to go with one of the established distributors, it'd be certain that I'd lose all my money. But if [I] try it myself, aligning myself with very experienced, creative people, there's a chance that it won't be a failure. And then I can prove that I've done it once and I can do it again. And more importantly, other filmmakers like me can do it, too."" A lot more here . - Sujewa

When I visited NYC this past weekend to shoot interviews for The Indie Film Bloggers I stayed in Astoria . Me & Brian Geldin - The Film Panel Notetaker - were wondering that weekend if any indie filmmakers & or indie film bloggers lived in Astoria (we assumed "probably"). Now we have proof of the existence of an Astoria based indie filmmaker & blogger; Gary King - and we also have news of a new indie film; New York Lately . Check out Gary's blog An Indie Life here . From a recent post: "Last month prior to heading to Georgia to shoot DISMAL, I sat down with INDIE PRODUCTION SOURCE to talk about the project and my experiences as a director. The guys (Charles Stewart Jr., Kelly Neilon, Matt Hacker) who run it are really nice and belong to the North Carolina indie film community as well." More here . About Gary's movie - debut feature - New York Lately : " NEW YORK LATELY is a drama following multiple characters as they weave through their dai

As the profession of film criticism is going through big changes at the moment, perhaps due to, in part (maybe a small part), the existence of a large number of websites devoted to film, it may be interesting to get the opinions & perspectives of a few film critics (specially current or former print film critics) on indie film blogs for my feature documentary The Indie Film Bloggers. If any NYC/DC/Baltimore area critics (current or former) would like to be interviewed for the doc, let me know ( wilddiner@aol.com ). The invite also goes out to others who do work related to the art/business of indie film (or are just big fans of these kinds of movies) and have strong/interesting opinions about indie film blogs. Thanks. - Sujewa